International Trade committee  We currently have about 40 trade staff distributed across India in eight offices. We are in New Delhi, the capital city, at the Canadian High Commission, and in Mumbai, the business centre of India. We are in Chandigarh, with a smaller trade office, and in Ahmedabad in the state

International Trade committee  I can ask that the information be provided to the committee, yes.

International Trade committee  The government provides both parties with the information they need to ensure them with the knowledge of what the equipment is being used for. As to who provides that verification, I don't know the details, but I am assured that we will have reliable information out of this. The

International Trade committee  No, I don't believe so.

International Trade committee  Canada and India reached a nuclear cooperation agreement extending solely to civil matters, in June 2010 while the G20 Summit was happening in Toronto. On the sidelines of the summit, Prime Minister Singh came to Canada on an official visit. The nuclear cooperation agreement sign

International Trade committee  I don't have the mechanisms with me, but everything is fully compliant with the non-proliferation policy Canada has maintained for the past 30 years.

International Trade committee  I'm not an expert on that agreement. So I wouldn't want to venture an inadequate answer to your very specific question. What I can tell you is that the integrity of our non-proliferation policy remained perfectly intact on both sides, because India also has such a policy in place

International Trade committee  Canada has a number of pension-sharing agreements with many countries around the world—over 50, if I'm not mistaken—and had been negotiating a similar pension-sharing agreement with India. It was just recently signed. It will be implemented in the coming months. We're just going

International Trade committee  That's right. As part of the agreement, what will happen is that they will receive only one pension in the country in which they retire, from the pension authority of that country, and the calculation of that pension entitlement will take into account contributions made in the ot

International Trade committee  Indeed, very briefly, I would say that one has to take the bilateral investment statistics with India with a grain of salt. First of all, we only track what is considered foreign direct investment with at least a 10% stake. Portfolio investment is not captured and there are subst

International Trade committee  I would just add that the agreement, as the member would know, is strictly in the civilian sector. Indeed, it has not yet been implemented. Canada and India are still negotiating what are called the appropriate arrangements for implementation, That's about the tracking of materia

International Trade committee  I'm not entirely aware of the details. These are currently being developed. There is work between the government and learning institutions to make sure that the proper areas of interest are being addressed. The Canadian learning institutions all have an active and beneficial dial

International Trade committee  You are referring to a report from 2005. There has been a lot of water under the bridge since then. India is a democracy with very strong constitutional guarantees, including freedom of the press. Corruption is one of the topics that makes it to the headlines. Inquiry commissions